# Capture sale

Also known as “Pre-Authorization”. The requested amount gets reserved (blocked) on the credit card of the buyer for up to 168 hours. A following Capture request will trigger the actual settlement of the funds. Please note that attempting to Capture after the allowed period of time (168 hours) will result in an error.

# Capture Sale (Authorization)

Also known as “Pre-Authorization”. The requested amount gets reserved (blocked) on the credit card of the buyer for up to 168 hours. A following Capture request will trigger the actual settlement of the funds. Please note that attempting to Capture after the allowed period of time (168 hours) will result in an error.

### Importante Notes
* Authorization can be fully executed or partially **executed only once**.

* In order to authorize a payment, the sale should be generated with the `sale_type="authorize"` parameter, and the returned IFRAME displayed to the buyer for credit card information filling.

Attribute	|Description
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`sale_type`	|= authorize, creates a new sale as authorization.

    The authorization is reserved for up to 168 hours
`payme_sale_id	`|`XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX` Our unique sale ID
`sale_price	`|`10000` Capturing sale final price. It can be lower or equal to the original price. For example, if the price is 50.75 (max 2 decimal points) the value that needs to be sent is 5075
`installments`	|`1` (required, number) - Amount of installments for the sale.


### Process Flow
1. Create a sale with [`generate-sale`](/payments-migrated/direct-api/post-pay-sale) according to the special attributes in the table above.
2. Once the sale is created, you will get a `sale_url` for the payment page and a unique `payme_sale_code`.
3. After the buyer insert the payment details and pay for the sale, you will receive a callback to the dedicated callback URL you entered in the `generate-sale` request.
4. To execute the sale, use the [`capture-sale`](/guides-and-use-cases-migrated/payments/capture-sale) request, with the amount you charge.

If you want to cancele the authorization, you need to void the sale using [`refund-sale`](/payments-migrated/post-sale-actions/post-refund-sale).

### Payment Capabilities
You can find all the payment capabilities [Pay Sale](/payments-migrated/direct-api/post-pay-sale).